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Rosa vs Rota - What's the difference?

rosa | rota |

As nouns the difference between rosa and rota

is that rosa is no-show, someone who does not show up as expected while rota is a schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

As a verb rosa

is to hide, vanish, shadow.

rosa

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (slang, Australia) to hide, vanish, shadow
    • Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
    No, she unfortunately had to rosa .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, Australia) no-show, someone who does not show up as expected
    • Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
    I know, she is such a rosa .
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    rota

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
    • See also
    * roster

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * rotta

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musici) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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